Charles Leclerc's eighth place in qualifying for the French GP caught the eye of Formula 1 World Champs, who reckon it was an impressive performance. read more »

The delay to Mercedes' upgraded 'phrase 2.1' Formula 1 engine became a blessing in disguise and gave the team more time to find performance, boss Toto Wolff now... read more »

McLaren has traced its lack of performance to a shortfall in its understanding of the car's aerodynamics after wind tunnel data misled the team's engineers. read more »

The Monegasque driver will start an excellent eighth on the grid after a superb performance in Qualifying at the Circuit Paul Ricard. read more »

McLaren admits its ongoing performance issues with its 2018 F1 car are not showing up in its wind tunnel. read more »

Fernando Alonso said his 16th-place grid position at the French Grand Prix reflects the true performance of the McLaren this weekend and took solace in beating teammate Stoffel... read more »

Fernando Alonso feels he extracted the maximum performance from his McLaren during qualifying but concedes his Q1 exit is down to his car being slow read more »

McLaren suffered their worst qualifying performance of the season at the French GP as both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne were knocked out in Q1. read more »

Formula 1 world champions Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton have hailed Charles Leclerc for his starring French Grand Prix qualifying performance read more »

We have the usual stuff to do to try and find more lap time, but the car's performance was more or less as expected. read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he has full faith in Ferrari's performance at Paul Ricard but concedes he struggled to extract the optimum pace ahead of the French Grand Prix. read more »

Toto Wolff says the results and performance in Canada were not up to the standard expected by Mercedes, with this weekend's French Grand Prix an opportunity to put that right. read more »

Max Verstappen's manager, Raymond Vermeulen, has said the lack of an entourage was not behind the improved performance in Canada. read more »

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko says Brendon Hartley's seat at Toro Rosso is no longer under threat after the New Zealander improved his performance during the Canadian... read more »

Formula 1's last visit to Paul Ricard produced an all-time classic giantkilling performance, as Ivan Capelli came within three laps of a shock victory for the tiny Leyton... read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says he has unwavering faith in his squad's capabilities of overcoming its recent performance dip read more »

We've worked hard to understand our performance issues in Canada and hope that in France we can put in a more representative showing on track. read more »

Honda brought an updated power unit to Montreal, and the Japanese engine manufacturer's technical director said it gave Toro Rosso a much needed increase in performance. read more »

F1 and WEC cars have seen ever increasing power, thanks to regulation changes and improved engineering. But rather than speeding power, Brembo has taken a look at the... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that Canada proved that there is no longer a clear pattern in terms of the tops teams performance. read more »

Mercedes believes its inability to win the Canadian Grand Prix shows there is no longer a clear performance pattern among Formula 1's top teams read more »

Max Verstappen "gave the right answer" and will stop "stupid critics" with his Canadian Grand Prix performance, says Red Bull Formula 1 advisor Helmut Marko read more »

Honda encouraged by 'noticeable' performance boost from new engine read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne will start fifteenth on the grid for the Canadian Grand Prix after finding a lack of performance from the MCL33 during Qualifying. read more »

The Frenchman will start eighth on Sunday after a strong performance during Qualifying at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. read more »